Media
MEDIASET, STREAM WIN ITALIAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RIGHTS
Italian broadcaster Mediaset and digital TV platform Stream have signed a preliminary accord for the exclusive pay television rights for the 2000-2001 European Champions League soccer games.
BENFICA TO SEEK OUTSIDE INVESTORS
Benfica, the leading Portuguese soccer club wants to recapitalise itself and is set to announce plans to offer up to 25 per cent to outside investors.
SWEDISH DEAL BRINGS INTERACTIVE BROADBAND PARTNERSHIP
An interactive online sport site has joined forces with one of the largest Swedish cable-TV companies to bring coverage of the Swedish National Soccer League to Swedish broadband customers.
AUSTRALIA TO CURB ONLINE GAMBLING
Australia's internet gambling industry risks losing up to $4.5 billion a year if the government blocks new online gaming licenses and curbs the industry's growth, according to an industry association.
OLYMPICS TO AIR ON TIME WARNER CABLE
Time Warner?s cable division has signed an agreement with NBC to carry the network's main feed as well as cable channels CNBC and MSNBC through 2008.
TEAMTALK TO PROVIDE LADBROKES WITH ONLINE CONTENT
Ladbrokes, the Hilton-owned leisure group, and Teamtalk, the football-based news website and telephone service, are expected to announce a deal enabling Teamtalk to provide content for Ladbrokes? on-line gambling operations.
HALL OF FAME TO CLOSE AFTER MISSING VISITOR GOAL
An $10.5m tourist attraction endorsed by the English Football Association and the Premier League is to close after just 12 months due to poor visitor numbers.
TVNZ IN GROUNDBREAKING OLYMPIC BROADCAST DEAL
TVNZ Satellite Services has reached agreement with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) to provide a concurrent 8-channel service delivering live coverage of events for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics.
PAKISTAN BOARD TO RECEIVE CORRUPTION REPORT
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will receive a much-awaited judicial commission report on match-fixing on Friday and it will be made public before the end of June, a top official said.
SPORTAL IN FURTHER TALKS WITH MEDIA CO?S
Sportal chief executive Rob Hersov has confirmed yesterday?s Sportbusiness.com report denying claims that Canal Plus has made a buy-out offer for the sports internet company. "Our company sits very well in partnership with the big sports media companies, but there is no offer on the table from Canal Plus," said Hersov.
USTA AND LINCOLN SIGN TENNIS PARTNERSHIP
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has agreed a multi-year partnership with car manufacturers Lincoln.
SNIDER CAPITAL INVESTS IN NZ CHANNEL
Snider Capital has secured an additional investment of $1.22 million in Virtual Spectator, the live internet sports channel based in New Zealand.
BBC SIGN VIRTUAL DEAL
Virtual imaging specialists Symah Vision has signed an exclusive agreement with BBC Sports for use of the cutting edge technology in its programming.
NFL CLUBS FORM NFL INTERNET NETWORK
National Football League owners have voted to bring club web sites and the league?s NFL.com under one national umbrella called the NFL Internet Network. The two-year plan was approved at the annual owners meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.
BOOKMAKERS CAUTIOUS OF $50M WOODS PAY-OUT
Internet bookmakers William Hill can expect a $10m pay-out if Tiger Woods wins this year's golfing Grand Slam and have slashed the odds about that happening from an opening quote of 250/1 to 33/1.
SPORTSITIO ACQUIRES TOTALFUTBOL.COM
SportSitio Inc., an online sports communications company, has completed the acquisition of TotalFutbol.com, the Latin American professional soccer news and information portal.
DIRECTV SIGNS UFC DEAL
Galaxy Latin America has signed a deal to broadcast the Ultimate Fighting Championship to Latin America and the Caribbean on its satellite service DirecTV
GLOBAL SPORTS REPORTS FOUTH-QUARTER RESULTS
Global Sports, the Internet company that develops and operates the online sporting goods business of leading retailers and Internet/media companies, has reported revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended January 1, 2000 of $5.5 million.